4. (often capital) a family line including ancestors and relatives, esp a noble one: the House of York 5.

6. an official deliberative or legislative body, such as one chamber of a bicameral legislature 7. a quorum in such a body (esp in the phrase make a house) 8. a dwelling for a religious community 9. (astrology) any of the 12 divisions of the zodiac See also planet (sense 3) 10.

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12. (modifier) (of wine) sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list: the house red 13. the audience in a theatre or cinema 14. an informal word for brothel 15. a hall in which an official deliberative or legislative body meets 16. See full house 17. (curling) the 12-foot target circle around the tee 18. (nautical) any structure or shelter on the weather deck of a vessel 19. (theatre) bring the house down, to win great applause 20. house and home, an emphatic form of home 21. keep open house, to be always ready to provide hospitality 22. (informal) like a house on fire, very well, quickly, or intensely 23. on the house, (usually of drinks) paid for by the management of the hotel, bar, etc 24. put one’s house in order, to settle or organize one’s affairs 25. (Brit) safe as houses, very secureverb (haʊz) 26. (transitive) to provide with or serve as accommodation 27. to give or receive shelter or lodging 28. (transitive) to contain or cover, esp in order to protect 29. (transitive) to fit (a piece of wood) into a mortise, joint, etc 30. (transitive) (nautical)

/haʊs/noun the House 1. See House of Commons 2. (Brit, informal) the Stock Exchange n.

Old English hus “dwelling, shelter, house,” from Proto-Germanic *husan (cf. Old Norse, Old Frisian hus, Dutch huis, German Haus), of unknown origin, perhaps connected to the root of hide (v.) [OED]. In Gothic only in gudhus “temple,” literally “god-house;” the usual word for “house” in Gothic being razn.

Meaning “family, including ancestors and descendants, especially if noble” is from c.1000. The legislative sense (1540s) is transferred from the building in which the body meets. Meaning “audience in a theater” is from 1660s (transferred from the theater itself, cf. playhouse); as a dance club DJ music style, probably from the Warehouse, a Chicago nightclub where the style is said to have originated. Zodiac sense is first attested late 14c. To play house is from 1871; as suggestive of “have sex, shack up,” 1968. House arrest first attested 1936. On the house “free” is from 1889.

And the Prophet Isaiah the sonne of Amos came to him, and saide vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not liue. [2 Kings xx:1, version of 1611]

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“give shelter to,” Old English husian “to take into a house” (cognate with German hausen, Dutch huizen); see house (n.). Related: Housed; housing.

Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities (Gen. 47:3; Ex. 12:7; Heb. 11:9). From the earliest times the Assyrians and the Canaanites were builders of cities. The Hebrews after the Conquest took possession of the captured cities, and seem to have followed the methods of building that had been pursued by the Canaanites. Reference is made to the stone (1 Kings 7:9; Isa. 9:10) and marble (1 Chr. 29:2) used in building, and to the internal wood-work of the houses (1 Kings 6:15; 7:2; 10:11, 12; 2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). “Ceiled houses” were such as had beams inlaid in the walls to which wainscotting was fastened (Ezra 6:4; Jer. 22:14; Hag. 1:4). “Ivory houses” had the upper parts of the walls adorned with figures in stucco with gold and ivory (1 Kings 22:39; 2 Chr. 3:6; Ps. 45:8). The roofs of the dwelling-houses were flat, and are often alluded to in Scripture (2 Sam. 11:2; Isa. 22:1; Matt. 24:17). Sometimes tents or booths were erected on them (2 Sam. 16:22). They were protected by parapets or low walls (Deut. 22:8). On the house-tops grass sometimes grew (Prov. 19:13; 27:15; Ps. 129:6, 7). They were used, not only as places of recreation in the evening, but also sometimes as sleeping-places at night (1 Sam. 9:25, 26; 2 Sam. 11:2; 16:22; Dan. 4:29; Job 27:18; Prov. 21:9), and as places of devotion (Jer. 32:29; 19:13).

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